Sylvester Wilcox
1758 - Aft 1840 (~ 84 years)-
Name Sylvester Wilcox Born Between 1756 and 1758 Richmond, Washington Co., RI 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died Aft 1 Jun 1840 Washington Co., RI Person ID I26967 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Robert Wilcox, b. 9 Sep 1729, South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI , d. Abt Jun 1768 (Age 38 years) Mother Martha Potter, b. Abt 1730, d. 6 Mar 1815, Richmond, Washington Co., RI (Age ~ 85 years) Married 24 Dec 1749 Richmond, Washington Co., RI [3] Notes - WILCOX Robert, of Robert, dec., of South Kingstown, and Martha Potter, of William, of Richmond; m. by John Webster, Justice, Dec. 24, 1749; Richmond records.
Family ID F10050 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Amy Richmond, b. Abt 1758, Exeter, Washington Co., RI , d. Aft 1798, Washington Co., RI (Age ~ 41 years) Married Abt 1778 Children 1. Robert Wilcox, b. 27 Nov 1779, South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI 2. Mary Wilcox, b. Abt 1785 3. Amy Wilcox, b. Abt 1791, South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI 4. Sylvester Wilcox, b. Abt Sep 1795, South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI , d. 22 Apr 1858, Seekonk, MA (Age ~ 62 years)5. Sarah Wilcox, b. Abt 1798, d. Abt Sep 1837, Richmond, Washington Co., RI (Age ~ 39 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F04135 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Sylvester is mentioned in the 1807 will of William Willcox of SK. According to the will, Sylvester is son of Robert, William's brother.
Sylvester was a Revolutionary War soldier. Here is a summary from his Revolutionary War Pension File: On 3 Sep 1832 he personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in South Kingstown, Washington County; at that time he said he was age 73 and a resident of Exeter. He testified that he had served a little over two years in the Revolution [although not continuously]. He first joined early in Dec 1776. When the British fleet came there was an alarm and he was called up as a militiaman to guard the shore and quartered at Richard Gardiner's house. After that each half of the soldiers served during alternate months up until 1780. He was quartered part of the time at Robert Knowles' and part of the time at Silas Gardner's in Boston Neck and Benjamin Gardner's near the north ferry. He was on the island of Rhode Island [meaning Aquidneck Island] in Gen Sullivan's Expedition. After the British left he served two months on the island of Rhode Island part at Tomony Hill Fort [?] and part at Brenton's Neck. He served a total of two years and two months military service. He never had any written discharge; he has no record of his age. He was born in the town of Richmond, and has been living in South Kingstown since the war, until the spring of 1831 when he moved into Exeter where he now lives. (Rev War Pension File #S17797 Sylvester Willcox)
Sylvester Willcox is listed as a military pensioner age 84 in the Federal Census of 1840 at South Kingstown.
- Sylvester is mentioned in the 1807 will of William Willcox of SK. According to the will, Sylvester is son of Robert, William's brother.
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